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October 1, 2012 marks the 125th anniversary year of Yamaha Corporation, one of the world’s leading musical instrument and professional audio companies, based in Japan, which commenced operations in 1887. Yamaha Corporation and its other group companies will begin a year of commemoration of this significant anniversary, and for the occasion, the company has adopted a new commemorative logo mark and slogan, “125 Years of Passion and Performance.” This year is also special for Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, which is…
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Roland Systems Group has announced an Interactive V-Mixing Training course that is coming to Atlanta on October 23, 2012 from 1 pm to 9 pm. This new hands-on and interactive approach designed by the team at Roland Systems Group is aimed to equip engineers, church techs, consultants and re-sellers with complete information on the V-Mixing System solutions along with the latest information on updates, iPad integration and new workflow ideas for improving rehearsals, sound quality, performances and overall production. Attendees…
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This article is provided by the Pro Audio Files. Mixing vocals to pre-mixed instrumental is an issue that just about every engineer will encounter. The idea of recording vocals to a mixed down instrumental has been around for decades. On rare occasions that vocal and instrumental would be released as the actual song. In Hip Hop, this is fairly common, and comes with the intention of the combined vocal and instrumental being the final release. Because Hip Hop producers…
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U.K.-based Celtic rock band IONA recently finished a successful tour throughout the United States while deploying a Soundcraft Vi1 as its front-of-house console, supplied by sound provider Dogwood Audio of Chicopee, MA. Dogwood also supplied the system for the band’s previous U.S. tour in 2010, and based on that successful effort, the company was asked to do it again for this tour. In addition, Dogwood owner Mark Jerrell was also brought on board as the audio engineer After a conversation…
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This article is provided by ChurchTechArts. There I was, on Christmas Eve Eve, listening to the rehearsal tracks for our Christmas Eve service, tweaking the mix and thinking, “Hmmm. Something is missing.” In fact, it wasn’t that something was missing; it was a big band, with 11 vocals. If anything was missing, it was space. With all those instruments and vocals packed in there, the mix was sounding a bit dense. Whenever I get that many vocals on stage,…
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This article is provided by Bobby Owsinski. My new book, The Audio Mixing Bootcamp, has just been released and I thought it would be a good time for an excerpt. The Mixing Bootcamp differs from The Mixing Engineer’s Handbook in that it contains exercises that take you through the various aspects of mixes. By the way, there’s also a video version of the book available on Lynda.com. One exercise might take you in a direction that intentionally sounds bad…
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Recently, I was at an industry conference and enjoyed dinner with a group of veteran sound people. One of the fascinating conversations around the table involved ways to get vocals to pop out of a mix. Many ideas we’ve all tried before where thrown around (play with phase on the vocal mic input, brighten the EQ in the 2 kHz range, use outboard gear like a harmonizer to thicken the vocal, etc.), but one of the better ideas was to…
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LOUD Technologies announces that Chad Batchelor has joined the company as Asia-Pacific (APAC) director of sales for Mackie and Ampeg. Based out of the company’s Singapore facility, Batchelor will partner with all APAC Mackie and Ampeg distributors to leverage these partners’ strengths, and LOUD resources, to continue the brands’ region-wide growth. “As Mackie & Ampeg continue to grab more share with innovative products, our partners need commensurately more support from us to manage this growth,” explains Davwinder Sheena, LOUD Techlogies…
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Dark Horse Recording has established itself as a prominent recording facility, with artists such as Taylor Swift, Matchbox Twenty, Tim McGraw, Jewel, The Fray and many others regularly recording, taking advantage of the top-notch facilities, customer service, and resort-type atmosphere in the Tennessee countryside. The companion teaching facility, Dark Horse Institute, recently expanded its classroom facilities with the addition of a custom eleven-and-a-half-foot-long Argosy Mirage series desk. Designed to seat four students each at an individual audio workstation, the new…
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In their pursuit of quality, versatility and durability, technology specifiers at SAE Institute in Amsterdam weren’t in any doubt that the Audient ASP8024 was the right choice for them when upgrading one of their studios recently. The purchase of the 36 channel, large format console with producers desk has certainly proved popular with the Head of the Audio Department, Bruce Gibb. “The desk is an absolute treat,” he says, describing how it facilitates the way his students start to grasp…
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